Historical place archive

Wimbledon in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Wimbledon in Sweden. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

6 records1 event labels1 people1976–1980

Historical events in Wimbledon

1976

1976
Wimbledon
Bjorn Borg · Tennis

Winner of the Wimbledon Menss Singles Tennis Championship, 1st time

1977

1977
Wimbledon
Bjorn Borg · Tennis

Winner of the Wimbledon Menss Singles Tennis Championship, 2nd time

1978

1978
Wimbledon
Bjorn Borg · Tennis

Winner of the Wimbledon Menss Singles Tennis Championship, 3rd time

1979

1979
Wimbledon
Bjorn Borg · Tennis

Winner of the Wimbledon Menss Singles Tennis Championship, 4th time

1980

1980
Wimbledon
Bjorn Borg · Tennis

Winner of the Wimbledon Menss Singles Tennis Championship, 5th time

6 June 1980
Wimbledon
Bjorn Borg · Tennis

Bjorn Borg beats John McEnroe for the Wimbledon title

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Sweden and Wimbledon. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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